Strategies for Sustainable Cotton: Comparing Niche with Mainstream Markets

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-113

  Illge, Lydia ^a   Preuss, Lutz ^b  

^a IZT Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H M; Hessnatur sustainability strategy; Organic cotton; Sustainability; Textile industry; Textile supply chains

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84858725409     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.291     Document Type: Article

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